Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-06-30

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jun 30
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,682 head
▲ 2,159 vs last sale 523▲ 2,682 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 44▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher, spots sharply higher. Slaughter cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher. The Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale this week did not disappoint with a top notch offering of calves and yearlings selling on a hot market. The yearling offering featured about 15 straight pot load lots, all from local reputation backgrounders and absorbed by a small number of buyers. The calf trade was just as snappy, particularly for a 600 lb steer, but found more outlets throughout the seats. Calf prices only got higher throughout the day as the quality and condition remained very attractive right to the end. Supply heavy, demand very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $509.37/cwt on 223 head, up $4.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +33.53 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$509.37
▲ 4.43 vs prior sale
223 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+34.46
vs MO average
+40.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553515.722,853175
Medium and Large 1-2552486.232,68248
One grade step is worth $29.48/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale223 hd
509.37
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MO average18 barns · 2,828 hd
474.91
+34.46
National average32 barns · 3,072 hd
468.91
+40.46
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
+33.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
523477431385median 475.8403/1004/2106/0209/0110/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $399.14, median $475.84 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,703228.823,8975thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,499170.992,5638thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,272167.312,1283thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average930161.001,4971thin

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · Unionville Livestock Market - Unionville, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418579.51/cwt550.00–614.002,42238
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441536.00/cwt536.00–536.002,3644
Steers450–500Medium 1-2460505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,32313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,4825
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned478490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,3424
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,3187
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1494549.51/cwt545.00–557.002,71516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517513.55/cwt506.00–520.002,65520
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529528.74/cwt515.00–555.002,79795
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned575433.83/cwt430.00–444.002,49511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,81617
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582500.25/cwt486.00–519.002,91180
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612457.94/cwt454.00–472.002,80327
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617503.27/cwt492.00–509.503,105262
Steers650–700Medium 1-2654435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,8457
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,7325
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674463.50/cwt435.00–472.003,124112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676434.03/cwt405.00–446.002,934131
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717385.09/cwt372.00–392.002,7619
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731430.54/cwt421.50–432.503,147103
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,95524
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806384.16/cwt383.75–384.753,096111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829364.50/cwt364.50–364.503,0226
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855355.50/cwt355.50–355.503,04012
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881367.11/cwt365.25–369.003,234373
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920356.34/cwt352.50–360.253,278124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475484.08/cwt474.00–490.002,29927
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2505437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,2097
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530457.57/cwt450.00–462.002,42525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532470.12/cwt469.00–475.002,50126
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed566474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,68319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568420.59/cwt406.00–436.002,38959
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575442.32/cwt422.00–457.002,54385
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned599390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3368
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2623395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,4618
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642416.45/cwt410.00–424.002,67470
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,6197
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674393.15/cwt390.00–395.002,65038
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713378.43/cwt365.00–381.002,698113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned746360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,68635
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755379.50/cwt379.50–379.502,86524
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5489
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,703228.82/cwt219.00–235.003,8975
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%930161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,4971
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255172.97/cwt169.00–176.502,1712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,0361
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,499170.99/cwt165.00–174.502,5638

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.